After I installed with the Windows 7 Release candidate, I discovered that Windows 7 comes with some additional variants of the Segoe UI font that first shipped in Vista. I love the Segoe UI (and original Segoe font) and so it’s nice to see that we now have more typographic options with Windows 7.

IN VISTA

IN WINDOWS 7

Segoe UI (Regular)

YES

YES

Segoe UI Bold

YES

YES

Segoe UI Bold italic

YES

YES

Segoe UI Italic

YES

YES

Segoe UI Light

NO

YES

Segoe UI Semibold

NO

YES

THE WINDOWS 7 FONTS CONTROL PANEL

Let’s take this opportunity to explore the new Control Panel UI for fonts …

First launch the Control Panel

Click Appearance and Customization

Click Fonts

Now we can see all the fonts on the system

There are many of them, so type “segoe” in the Search Fonts box in the upper right

And you’ll see the fonts with “Segoe” in their name.

Right-click on “Segoe UI” and select Open

And now you’ll see the name Segoe UI fonts

You can right click on each one and select Preview to see the font in Action…